Galicia with Kelly Rose and Karina!

The Northwest part of Spain is much like the Northwest of the States - green and lush, cloudy skies, and fantastic seafood. Some have even compared it to Ireland with its landscape and Celtic feel (music and history). One of my dearest friends, Kelly, flew out to see us and journeyed with Karin and I up to Galicia for a girls weekend that proved for all three of us to be very refreshing time for our hearts. Timmy stayed behind with the hopes of kickin the ball around and catching up on some reading and regaining his manhood after 8 months of almost all female companions. Incredible and memorable weekend for all...

The roadtrip was beautiful. The great thing about being located in the middle of Spain is that we can get to pretty much all of the coasts within 6 hours, give or take. Our first stop landed us in Baiona, where we walked on the shores and visited the Parador there. (Paradores are historic Spanish sites like castles, monasteries, etc. that the government so wisely converted into nice hotels). We never stay at these pricey Paradores, but we always tour them because they have proven to be worth a look. We then headed to O'Grove, our home for the weekend, where we stayed right on the shore and got to see people clamming every morning! This place perfectly suited us for some heart to heart girl talks, quiet mornings reading by the ocean with cafe con leche in hand, and 1am Spanish style meals...man, what a sweet time in life! And what amazing women to travel it with.

Much of our time there was spent in the car as we buzzed around the province seeking out places that caught our attention. Such places were Pontevedra (chowin' down on delish mussels and tortilla espanola), Santiago de Compostela (famous for being "the location of the apostle James' bones" and the place where thousands pilgrimage to each year on a spiritual quest), Cabo Ortegal (a GORGEOUS lookout on the capes, waves and hills covered in yellow flowers), Ourense (home to some hot springs and dirty old men in trunks), and Canon do Sil (we had lunch on a path near a monastery turned Parador on the top of this vegetated canyon). That is it in a nutshell.

Kelly is a professional photographer, so I think her pics will do more justice to the scenery and experiences than my words. The time with these honeys was a breath of fresh air for me - as they encouraged me and loved on me - and getting to do this with breathtaking surroundings was a true gift. Thank you friends. I need you in my life!

Check out Kelly's amazing pics here (there are more pics to come. Kel took a few too many good ones; I didn't have time to filter through all it's coolness as of yet).

Amor...
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